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Articles in February 2002 issue of History Today

• A painting that has languished for almost thirty years in a vault in the Van Gogh Museum has been recognised as the only portrait of Paul Gauguin, by Van Gogh.(Brief Article)
• General Paul Ausseresses, who caused consternation in France last year.(Brief Article)
• Timeline.(history of Barbados)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
• Other February anniversaries.(significant dates in history, United Kingdom)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Pulling the Devil's Kingdom Down: The Salvation Army in Victorian Britain.
  by Johnson, David
• The Heritage Lottery Fund has helped the Wellcome Trust to acquire the collection of letters, papers and notebooks belonging to Francis Crick.(Brief Article)
• Holocaust memorial day in Britain: David Cesarani reflects on the past, present and future of education about genocide and bigotry.
  by Cesarani, David
• Ashes to ashes: on the 60th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, arguably the nadir of Anglo-Australian relations, Richard Wilkinson explores the strange relationship between the two countries in the last century.(Critical Essay)
  by Wilkinson, Richard
• Art & industry Coalbrookdale Co and the great exhibition: David Hopkins looks at the 19th-century drive to improve the quality of British design and manufacture, and its impact on the Ironbridge district.
  by Hopkins, David
• Carnuntum. (Frontline).(Roman archaeological site)(Brief Article)
  by Goddard, Jacqui
• The Winchester Hoard, a remarkable collection of prehistoric gold jewellery, has gone on show at the British Museum.(Brief Article)
• Mass graves have been uncovered by archaeologists at the Sobibor concentration camp in north-eastern Poland.(Brief Article)
• A heavenly visitation: Larry Gragg recounts the reasons for the visit of the Quaker George Fox to Barbados in 1671, and the significance of his presence there.
  by Gragg, Larry
• Warship weeks. (Frontline).(Brief Article)
  by Bartlett, J.W.
• The collection of 18th century Meissen porcelain amassed by Rudolph Just.(Sotheby's auction)(Brief Article)
• The Russian State Film Archive is being made available on the web.(Brief Article)
• The funeral of King George VI February 15th, 1952. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Historians rewarded.(Ian Kershaw, Rees Davies)(Brief Article)
  by Furtado, Peter
• The Norman Abbey of Selby needs to raise 4 million [pounds sterling] to restore its crumbling structure, or risk closure.(Brief Article)
• The centenary of the first transatlantic radio signal was marked on December 12th.(Brief Article)
• Pots of silver? Michael Vickers considers the original value of Greek ceramics, and why it has become inflated in recent centuries.(Critical Essay)
  by Vickers, Michael
• A prehistoric village has been uncovered near Pompeii, apparently also buried in ash from an eruption of Vesuvius.(Brief Article)
• Round and about: February 2002. (Frontline).
• The women's library. (Frontline).
  by Byatt, Antonia
• Simon Thurley, currently director of the Museum of London, has been named as the new chief executive of English heritage.(Brief Article)
• Nation-building in 19th-century Italy: the case of Francesco Crispi.
  by Duggan, Christopher
• Postgraduate history.(list of universities and postgraduate programs in study of history)
• Weapons belonging to a high-ranking Anglo-Saxon warrior have been found near Sutton Hoo.(Brief Article)
• A study of Peruvian mummies has shown that a disease resembling tuberculosis existed in the Andes more than 500 years ago.(Brief Article)
• Churchill's faithful chela: Charles Lysaght strips away some of the many mysteries surrounding Brendan Bracken, Churchill's staunch but enigmatic supporter and the founder of this magazine. (Cross Current).
  by Lysaght, Charles
• The People's Bread: A History of the Anti-Corn Law League.
  by Johnson, David
• History's league tables. (Frontline).(assessment of history departments)(Brief Article)
• Archaeologists in China have found the body of a woman, believed to be the daughter-in-law of founder of the Ming Dynasty.(Brief Article)
• Birth of Charles Lindbergh February 4th, 1902. (Months Past).
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Barbados: British empire in miniature.(Brief Article)
  by Norton, Graham
• Sir John Plumb: David Cannadine recalls the career and personality of an inspirational historian.(Obituary)
  by Cannadine, David
• Birth of Victor Hugo February 26th, 1802. (Months Past).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Obituaries. (History in the Media).